Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Warming; heating.
- n. That which warms or heats; in medicine, a substance which excites a sensation of warmth in the part to which it is applied, as mustard, pepper, etc.; a superficial stimulant.
Wiktionary
- adj. obsolete having heating or warming effects
- n. obsolete A medical agent or substance which produces a feeling of warmth when applied to the body.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. rare Making warm; heating.
- n. A substance that excites warmth in the parts to which it is applied, as mustard.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. producing the sensation of heat when applied to the body
Examples
“The animal experimented upon to be supplied daily with a weighed quantity of food, the composition and calefacient value of which had been accurately determined.”
“The gases, vapors, and liquid and solid egesta thrown off from its body to be collected, analysed, and the calefacient [15] value of the combustible portion of them to be determined.”
“These figures show the relative calefacient, or heat-producing powers of the different foods named _outside_ the body; but there is some doubt as to their having the same relative values when burned _within_ the body.”
“Ammianus Marcellinus, Hunni semicruda cujusvis Pecoris carne vescuntur, quasi inter femora sua & equorum terga subsertam, calefacient brevi.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘calefacient’.
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250 Extra Spelling Words
Some more words for intermediate and advanced spellers.
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Logolepsy
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Specificity
Words that have with subtly different meanings from other words.
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All The Words
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Wordie/Wordnik Curio Cabinet
Oddments culled from my "main" lists that belong in a display cabinet of their own, plus sundry other curiosities. :-)
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Papageno's Words, Pt. I
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Physiological Terms
Terms used in physiology
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